Treasury blocks $1 billion trust owned by Russian oligarch
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has blocked a $1 billion Delaware-based trust connected to sanctioned…
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Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has…
Continue ReadingAnti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority. That’s…
Continue ReadingAll eyes on airlines as July Fourth holiday weekend nears
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines that have stumbled badly over the last two holidays face their biggest test yet of…
Continue ReadingImproving weather aids fight against Sierra Nevada wildfire
BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Improving weather has helped firefighters stop the spread of a Sierra Nevada wildfire that forced evacuation of several…
Continue ReadingErdogan: Nordic NATO bid could still be nixed if vows unkept
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Just two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO…
Continue ReadingConey Island’s Luna Park to expand, introduce 3 attractions
By JOSEPH FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and witness Coney Island’s Luna Park…
Continue ReadingCyberattack disrupts unemployment benefits in some states
By JONATHAN MATTISE and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A cyberattack on a software company has disrupted unemployment…
Continue ReadingTop Russian economic expert faces embezzlement charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A leading economic expert in Russia has been detained on embezzlement charges. Investigators on Thursday accused Vladimir Mau, the…
Continue ReadingTexas woman accused in cyclist death arrested in Costa Rica
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been…
Continue ReadingFour Chinese nationals abducted in deadly Nigeria attack
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Four Chinese nationals were among people kidnapped on Wednesday in an attack in…
Continue ReadingJackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling…
Continue ReadingQatar donates $60 million to Lebanon’s army during crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Qatar’s state news agency says the Gulf Arab sheikhdom has donated $60 million to the Lebanese army, which is hard hit by the…
Continue ReadingTweaked COVID boosters in US must target newer omicron types
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak any booster doses intended for…
Continue ReadingMyanmar jet enters Thai airspace, prompting evacuations
BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar fighter jet has crossed the border into Thailand’s airspace, prompting Thai air force jets to scramble and officials to…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota AG clears farmland purchase tied to Bill Gates
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota attorney general has found the sale of a couple thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates…
Continue ReadingMary J. Blige is next artist in Apple Music concert series
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige’s 2022 is going pretty well. Her new album landed in the top 10 of…
Continue ReadingUN: Libya rival officials fail to agree on election criteria
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Libya says two officials from the country’s rival camps failed to reach an…
Continue ReadingAuthor Jesmyn Ward wins Library of Congress fiction prize
By The Associated Press The 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at 45, is the youngest person to receive…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a North Carolina case that could dramatically change the way…
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